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As usual, out of the racist handbook, all the white people got together against her. They admitted that “all the majors got together” and discussed a course of action.This is really about mental health and the inanity insanity of media interviews, but they will make it about Naomi as long as other tennis players and sports and tennis fans don't support what she is trying to improve for all players of sports.
It's obvious the media only cares about jobs, careers, money and rightness of whiteness and not allowing anyone, especially a non-white, tell them what to do (let the inferior tell the superior what to do).
All the tennis media cares about is justifying their own existence and keeping up the illusion of eliteness of working a “major”. Truth is, what makes a major a major is the players, not the organizing body.
The media doesn't like being called out for being insensitive and asking repetitive questions and often stupid questions.
Much has been said on this weblog about the ridiculousness of media “interviews” that needed to be changed to be more like conversations, so those asking questions can be held more accountable for what they say.
The media claims they conduct interviews for the benefit of the fans, the public.
Bullshit!
How does Naomi Osaka not playing tennis benefit tennis fans?
If given the choice of Naomi playing and not doing interviews or Naomi not playing because of Interviews, fans would rather see Naomi play.
When watching any sport, the most painful part is all the mind-numbing interviews and the post and pre-game shows, and in-game commentaries, most of which add little value to no value. If she chooses, Naomi could do many things and not ever play tennis again for the “majors.”
By saying yes to her spirit's urging, Naomi has answered the greater calling of why we are here. It's bigger than tennis and a lot of the things we do. I hope she stays the course. Tennis just might be her temporary stopping point to optimal greatness. More of us should join the universal calling by challenging the status quo and at least supporting others who do.
Remember, Muhammad Ali's greatest accomplishment was not in the boxing ring.A problem, that shouldn't be a problem, Naomi is having is that she is an honest person in a dishonest world. She also doesn't want to be rude or hurt anyone's feelings or be confrontational when asked questions. Most sports players give the same common responses to the same predictable brain-numbing low value questions. Naomi prefers not to be fake. And like another sports player said, athletes have to always be on guard for not saying something the media will misconstrue, blow out of proportion or use in an unfair unflattering manner.
